Welcome Back!

I am happy to be returning to Hillgrove with a bunch of great ideas about our show, your lessons, Hawk Talk, and our Talon TV program. I hope to get input from each and every one of you about how we can continue to improve the announcements, improve Hawk Talk, and improve our marketing efforts. More than anything, I'm happy to see all of my precious students! You all are the reason I do what I do. I hope that this year is productive, innovative and that you all discover things in yourself that you didn't know you had in your. I hope I instill a love of learning new things and a niche that you can pour yourself into with regard to video production.
The friendships that you make in each of my classes makes me happy and I enjoy watching the camaraderie and the friendly and work-related conversations you have with each other. Don't let this post fool you. There will be more to this class than socializing. In fact, we will be busier than ever. We will be producing Hawk Talk every other week with news packages, and skits, and information. We will try to have guest appearances on set and that means we will be very busy generating story ideas and turning them around quickly.
Come to class ready to work hard and produce your best work. I believe it will be the best year yet for Talon TV!

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